n. The process or art of finding candidates for a post in an organization, or of recruits for the armed forces
n. A style or process of recruiting
n. The addition of new recruits to a population.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act or process of recruiting; especially, the enlistment of men for an army.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act or business of recruiting; the act of raising new supplies of men for an army or a navy.
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n. the act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.)
Word Usage
"Perhaps most crucially, it has led to the discharges of hundreds of specialists serving in the very fields -- linguistics, intelligence, and medical services -- in which recruitment is sorely lacking."